History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS3E25S4E1Scorpion

* ConvergingStreamWeapon

* WaveMotionGun: Species 8472 can combine the output of nine ships into [[EarthShatteringKaboom one single wave of destruction]] -- which even ''looks'' like a wave.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Even full Borg assimilation can't hide Seven's great…implants. Apparently breasts are not irrelevant, despite the existance of Borg maturation chambers.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The crew find the severed arms and legs of Borg drones stacked in a pile.

* FriendshipMoment

* HardWorkMontage

-->'''CHAKOTAY:''' Look, I'll honour the original agreement, but I'm not turning this ship around. It's too dangerous.

* {{Irony}}: The Borg also considered the EnemyMine agreement unworkable, due to humanity's natural devisiveness.

* LivingShip

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Leonardo doesn't notice "Katerine" is wearing a Starfleet uniform or talking on the communicator. It appears the program has been upgraded from its initial use in ST:TNG "The Big Goodbye" so the holographic characters don't register anything unusual.

** Chakotay's inate distrust of the Borg comes from the events of "Unity", when he was implanted with a Borg neural transceiver that was [[AndIMustScream later used to control him]].
** The Doctor has been analysing the Borg corpse they found in "Blood Fever".

** The Borg chose a human drone to liaison with other humans, as with [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds Locutus of Borg]].

* BarrierBustingBlow

** Chakotay's inate distrust of the Borg comes from the events of "Unity", when he was implanted with a Borg neural transceiver that was later used to control him.

* ShuttingUpNow: Chakotay enters Sickbay to find Captain Janeway up and mobile with her DeathGlare UpToEleven. The Doctor is happily burbling about another example of his medical brilliance when he notes the sudden rise in tension and [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere quickly deactivates himself]].

* AchillesHeel: The Borg gather information by assimilation. Unfortunately the cells of Species 8472 are too densely coded. ''Voyager'''s crew who gather information by investigation, know more about the Species after a few hours than the Borg do.

* WeaponOfMassDestruction

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Captain Janeway plans a temporary alliance with the Borg in order to combat Species 8472. When she asks for Chakotay's personal opinion, he relates the parable of "The Scorpion and The Frog", though with a fox in place of the frog. Oddly, the story as told is more tragic than the normal telling, with the scorpion apologizing for being unable to help its nature, when the Borg would have no such compunctions.

!!!This episode contains the following tropes:

* FleshVersusSteel

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Chakotay snapping at B'Elanna.

* FatalFlaw: The Borg gather information by assimilation. Unfortunately the cells of Species 8472 are too densely coded. ''Voyager'''s crew who gather information by investigation, know more about the Species after a few hours than the Borg do.
* FireForgedFriends
-->'''CHAKOTAY:''' If that moment comes. we'll face it together. And we'll make the right decision. You're not alone, Kathryn.
-->'''JANEWAY:''' ''([[PuppyDogEyes Gooey Look]])'' Three years ago, I didn't even know your name. Today I can't imagine a day without you.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: And The Reason We Don't.

* RuleOfThree: The Doctor successfully treats Harry, then Janeway, boasting to Chakotay; "I'm two for two!" By the end of the episode he's fixed up Chakotay as well.
* {{Seer}}: Kes has sudden flashes of events to come; she even [[FaintingSeer passes out at one point]].

* StarfishAlien

* ThrownOutTheAirlock: When the Borg assimilate one of the cargo bay, Chakotay threatens to depressurise the entire deck if they try anything. He carries out his threat after Seven takes over the deflector dish to break them into Fluidic Space.

* OutsideContextVillain

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech

* RuleOfThree: The Doctor successfully treats Harry, then Janeway, boasting "I'm two for two!" By the end of the episode, he's fixed Chakotay as well.
* {{Seer}}: Kes; including a FaintingSeer at one point.
* ShuttingUpNow: The Doctor [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere quickly deactivates himself]] when he sees Janeway's DeathGlare at Chakotay.
* StaringDownCthulhu

* SuicideAttack

* {{Telepathy}}

-->'''SEVEN:''' This body was assimilated 18 years ago. It ceased to be human at that time."

* ThrownOutTheAirlock

* TheWorfEffect: Twice in Trek canon a single Borg cube was regarded as a threat to the entire Federation. The episode opens with ''two'' such cubes giving their ResistanceIsFutile spiel, until they're destroyed in seconds by an unseen force.

-->'''CHAKOTAY:''' I don't think you really believe that. I think you're struggling to justify your plan, because your desire to get this crew home is blinding you to other options. I know you, Kathryn. Sometimes you don't know when to step back.

* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: After disobeying her orders to keep the EnemyMine alliance going, Chakotay goes to apologise to Captain Janeway, whom the Doctor has put in an induced coma.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Even a full Borg assimilation can't hide Seven's great…implants.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: From the moment she's unplugged from her alcove, Seven of Nine shows herself notably different from the childlike [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E23IBorg Hugh]] or the monotone [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds Locutus]]. She's so proud of her Borg nature, and aggressive towards Janeway, that the HiveMind can be seen [[AssInAmbassador silently pulling her back into line]] on one occasion.

** Kes' mental powers will increase in the following episode, "The Gift".

* TheGadfly: Harry returns to the bridge after just surviving being eaten alive by alien cells. B'Elanna tells Harry he still has a tendril up his nose.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight

* {{Irony}}: The Borg also considered the EnemyMine agreement unworkable, due to humanity's division.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Captain Janeway plans a temporary alliance with the Borg in order to combat Species 8472. When she asks for Chakotay's personal opinion, he relates the parable of "The Scorpion and The Frog" mentioned in the trope page quotes, though with a fox in place of the frog. Oddly, the story as told is more tragic than the normal telling, with the scorpion apologizing for being unable to help its nature, when the Borg would have no such compunctions.

* MirrorScare: Kes sees an alien reflected in a LCARS panel, but it's all in her head.

** The Borg chose a human representative to liaison with other humans, as with [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds Locutus of Borg]].
** Much of Chakotay's distrust of the Borg comes from the events of "Unity", when he was implanted with a Borg neural transceiver that was later used to control him.

** Janeway studies captain's logs from the moment Q threw ''Enterprise'' into the Delta Quadrant, to the Battle of Wolf 359.

* ChekhovsGun: The neural transceiver. The Borg attempt to use them on Janeway and Tuvok in order to link their thoughts to the hive mind; Chakotay later uses one to link his thoughts with Seven of Nine to distract her.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Once Species 8472 have been dealt with, the Borg try to assimilate them.

* ConverseWithTheUnconscious
* CurbStompBattle

* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant / VillainBall: Turns out the war started when the Borg tried to invade Fluidic Space.

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Species 8472 are furious over the 'contamination' of Fluidic Space by outsiders (they are the only species that exits there) and are determined to annihilate all other life in the galaxy.

* MeaningfulLook: Lots of these between crewmembers unwilling to question their superiors; first when Janeway proposes the alliance, then when Chakotay says he's putting an end to it.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Di Vinci doesn't notice "Katerine" is wearing a Starfleet uniform or talking on the communicator. It appears the program has been upgraded from its initial use in ST:TNG "The Big Goodbye" so the holographic characters don't register anything unusual.

-->That could just as easily have resulted in [[NightmareFuel their bones being yanked out of their bodies]], come to think of it...

* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant / VillainBall: Turns out the war happened after the Borg tried to invade Fluidic Space.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: From the moment she's unplugged from her alcove, Seven of Nine shows herself notably different from the childlike [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E23IBorg Hugh]] or the monotone [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds Locutus]]. She's so proud of her Borg nature, and aggressive towards Janeway, that the HiveMind can be seen [[TheAssInAmbassador silently pulling her back into line]] on one occasion.

* LargeHam: The LeonardoDiVinci hologram, as played by John Rhys-Davies.

* StareDownCthulhu

* ThrownOutAnAirlock

* UnusuallyInterestingSight: Di Vinci doesn't notice "Katerine" is wearing a Starfleet uniform or talking on the communicator. It appears the program has been upgraded from its initial use in ST:TNG "The Big Goodbye" so the holographic characters don't register anything unusual.